ACS IDE to CF Adapter Module User`s Manual
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1. try a different CF card If step a amp b happened and the BIOS determined the Cylinders Heads and Sectors but the computer will not boot check the following 1 Make sure the CF Card if setup as a hard disk not a floppy Some manufactures ship the cards formatted as floppies Use fdisk to display and or create a partition on the CF card then format the partition If you have a choice format the partition using FAT or FAT16 Some motherboards will not boot FAT32 2 Make sure the partition is active 3 Try using a different brand of CF card Some BIOS s need a delay after resetting the hard drive to identify it CF cards with SST controllers have a built in delay to sometimes better mimic a mechanical hard drive 4 Some older BIOS s just will not boot from a CF card due to its speed Check the motherboard manufacture for a newer BIOS 5 Make sure you re using a 40 conductor ribbon cable and not an 80 conductor cable It is possible to have a defective ACS IDE to CF Adapter but more likely to have a bad CF card s or incompatible BIOS If the Green LED flickers when the Red access LED turns on then the ACS IDE to CF Adapter CF Card power switching section is bad and the adapter needs to be returned for repair Since Compact Flash cards are consumer price driven Compact Flash card manufactures use any CF controller they can buy the cheapest Just because you re buy brand X compact flash card doesn t mean yo2. 40 PIN FEMALE Rt Angle model plugs directly into the Host PC motherboard and requires a floppy drive style power connector ACS IDE to CF Adapter User s Manual The ACS CF IDEtoCFA 40 PIN IDE MALE is designed to be mounted in a drive bay and has a standard 5 14 power connector as part of the IDE connector The ACS CF IDEtoCFA 44 PIN SFF IDE MALE is designed to connect to a 2 5 hard drive IDE chain and obtains its power via the extended signals on extra four pins of the IDE interface Drive Select Jumpers Jumper JB1 allows the original ACS IDE lt gt CF Adapter revision 2 module to be connected standalone or as the Master in a Master Slave IDE string When installed JB1 forces the IDE CSEL line active low indicating that there are no other devices on the IDE channel This is the proper setting when the IDE to CF Adapter is the only device on the IDE channel The ACS CF IDEtoCFA 40 PIN FEMALE Rt Angle model has no drive configuration jumpers as it is designed to plug directly into the Host PC s motherboard and be the only device on the IDE chain The ACS CF IDEtoCFA 40 PIN IDE MALE is designed to be mounted in a drive bay and has Master MS Slave SL and Cable Select CS jumpers as part of the IDE connector The ACS CF IDEtoCFA 44 PIN SFF IDE MALE is designed to connect to a 2 5 hard drive IDE interface and has a jumper block for selecting Master MS Slave SL and Cable Select CS operation The ATA jumper grounds the same
3. cards also work All the adaptors except the FRA model support Type II CF cards This is solely a mechanical issue due to the CF card connector that we use How to use with an older BIOS requiring Cylinders Heads Sectors You can get a datasheet from the manufacture of the CF card which should give the specifications of the logical drive format An alternative would be to install the adapter with a CF card in a newer computer and autotype autoconfig the drive write down the C H S and enter this into the drive type 47 of the older computer I can fdisk and format the CF card under DOS but Linux Solaris fails to mount the device Linux and Solaris appear to have problems when mounting a device that is labeled as removeable User s have informed us that correcting the removabililty of the media fixed their problem The current Sandisk product 388 parts support the proposed DMA operation ship out as removable and will have a utility to change the bit available for no charge after signing a Source Code License Agreement Is there an industrial grade Compact FLASH card The SanDisk Industrial card offerings have been end of lifed and replaced by a standard OEM or Ultra II CF 388 offering These cards have technology that will allow them to meet almost every customer s requirements What are the dimensions of the ACS CF IDEToCFA xxx The dimensions of the various adaptors are diagrammed in the IDE to CF Layouts section of this ma
4. factors mounting holes and additional jumpers An optional 3 5 drive mounting plate is available for the IDE Standard model The module connects to the host PC in the same way that a hard drive is connected using an IDE cable on both SFF and non SFF male connector models and powered via a disk drive power cable on non SFF models There is also a new model that is designed to plug directly into the IDE connector on the motherboard Be careful to observe the pin numbers and connector orientations that are marked on the board legend Pin number 1 is also denoted by the use of a square PCB pad The use of a standard 40 conductor IDE cable is mandatory for proper operation with most motherboards The 80 conductor cable was first defined with the original Ultra DMA modes 0 1 and 2 The cable is considered optional for those modes However for any Ultra DMA modes above mode 2 the 80 conductor cable is mandatory Since the cable is mandatory for high speed modes the system has to have some way of knowing it is installed This is done by having the PDIAG CBLID signal carried on pin 34 of the interface grounded in the connector that attaches to the motherboard Since the older 40 conductor cable would not have this pin grounded by looking for the grounding on this pin at startup the host can determine if the 80 conductor cable is installed This may result in incorrect operation of the ACS IDE to CF Adaptor and the use of 80 conductor cab
5. ACS IDE to CF Adapter Module User s Manual Monday July 03 2006 ACS On The Cutting Edge of Technological Evolution 6233 E Sawgrass Rd Sarasota FL 34240 941 377 5775 FAX 941 378 4226 www acscontrol com Ackerman Computer Sciences Copyright c 1998 2006 by ACS Sarasota FL ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ACS IDE to CF Adapter User s Manual Table of Contents Table of Content X 2 INTFOCUCTION 3 Features een ei er des Seeks eosin Bos AGES edad tues itio t aet dia OU eater 3 Installation cone OE as hee deed D HG er d reae ec e ei E Dara e T he a litio Ro ed 3 IDE Connector indie A qub Sin Ria ee tees 4 CE Connector inerte re ea Pr d B a pe I rt Ei y eee tend 5 Power Connector secet deter ed tie ret dede tes 5 Drive Select JUMpeT octanos 6 IndiCatois a Oe DOES ODD Imma PRSE 6 Operadoras eode dti eerie teen o ese deve eh ere pit ste etate Hie even 6 Trouble Shooting ni ER nat bo or n ro eunte anie pr ere eben raten 7 IDE to CF Module Layout 4 ote tee b t e eO ER Cer er EORR e epe DI E torres tie npe 8 Original ACS IDE CFA R6y 82 knee oen esee e etie neds enables E E RER SERRE 8 ACS CF IDEtoCFA 40 PIN IDE MALE cerent eene nne trennen enne nenne trennen teen 8 ACS CF IDEtoCFA 40 PIN FEMALE Rt Angle eese enne ener 9 ACS CF I
6. DEtoCFA 44 PIN SFF IDE Male eese enne enne 9 CF Card Connector Mechanical a rn Eee RU ree c eee ets 10 Frequently Asked Questions mido eie dde ete dt pecie oir 10 Are the IDEToCFA adaptors UL listed A a a errer rene en aens eoor e Sioe co nono nooo conocio eene 10 Can the adaptor be used as a Slave IDE device sese 10 Can the CF card be write protected sess enne ia eene nenne 10 Can you use the adaptor to connect a harddrive to a CF only device esses 10 Do you have an adaptor that supports 3 3v ssssssssssssssssssssesseseeeneeneeneenne eene nennen 10 Does your adaptor support CF card model xxx from manufacturer zzz esses 11 How to use with an older BIOS requiring Cylinders Heads Sectors sess 11 I can fdisk and format the CF card under DOS but Linux Solaris fails to mount the device 11 Is there an industrial grade Compact FLASH card eese 11 What are the dimensions of the ACS CF IDETOoCFA xxx cece ceesecssssecseeeecnereecaeeecsaecaseseeneaes 11 What is the mating power connector for ACS CF IDETOCFA FRA eee 11 Where can I find out about the CF card limited write cycles sse 11 Which Compact FLASH cards support DMAQ sees enne nre nenne 12 Why am I getting spurious or non operation sseseseeeeeeeeeeee enne 12 Why can I only crea
7. ToCFA and ACS CF IDEToCFA SFF have jumpers that allow them to be configured as an IDE Master IDE Slave or determined by Cable Selection The ACS CF IDEToCFA FRA does not have these jumpers as it designed to plug directly into the motherboard s IDE connector either primary or secondary and since it fully occupies the cable slot it will always appear as the Master device on that IDE chain Can the CF card be write protected Using the ACS CF IDEToCFA the CF cards are operated in True IDE mode This mode does not support write protection This is identical to a hard drive that also doesn t have write protection While there is a write signal on the interface this signal is required in normal read operation to talk to the IDE controller registers in the device and cannot be disabled Windows XPe provides a Enhanced Write Filter EWF component that can map writes to a RAM disk to protect the contents of a CF card used as a hard drive Can you use the adaptor to connect a harddrive to a CF only device While it may be possible the adaptor is not designed with this in mind The Gender of the IDE and CF connectors would be incorrect for starters Do you have an adaptor that supports 3 3v This adaptor obtains it s power from the disk drive style Molex power connector on the back edge of the board Only the 5v input is used not the 12v If you were to apply 3 3v instead of 5v to the appropriate connector pins then the adaptor m
8. er jumper installed on SNGL and jumpering the other IDE to CFA adaptor as Slave jumper installed on MULTT two ACS IDE to CFA adaptors can coexist as master slave on the same IDE chain IDE lt gt CFA Copyright c 1998 2002 by ACS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Pin 28 O 1e0000000000000000000 MASTER SLAVE IDE lt gt CFA IDE lt gt CFA Copyright c 1998 2002 by ACS Copyright c 1998 2002 by ACS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ALL RIGHTS RESERVED JB1 JB1 SNGL SNGL vun 00 MULTI IDE Controller Primary or Secondary IDE Cable One caveat the select LEDs on both adaptors will light whenever either drive on the chain is selected 13
9. ight work for you The IDE standard does not specify 3 3v operation and our adaptors are designed to be compatible Note that the IDE interface that you connect the adaptor to must also be 3 3v compatible we re not aware of any that are and most might produce or expect signals that are 5v which may or may not damage your CF card compatible device The adaptor is merely a connector map the IDE controller and its functionality is entirely contained within the CF card Devices designed to be compatible with the CF card standard are required to be operable at 5v 10 ACS IDE to CF Adapter User s Manual Does your adaptor support CF card model xxx from manufacturer zzz The adaptor is merely a connector map The IDE controller functionality is entirely contained within the CF card To date we ve only found that Lexar CF cards are not compatible with the adaptor This is because Lexar has decided to provide undocumented dual functionality on some of the IDE signals to support their USB cable connection This is not a supported feature of the CF card standard and it causes Lexar cards to not operate properly in these adaptors Lexar has chosen not to respond to our requests for documentation of these incompatibilities so we cannot make our adaptor compliant with their non standard CF cards We have had no problems with Sandisk CF cards they originated the CF card standard We recommend Sandisk cards Kingston CF cards also work SimpleTech
10. les is not recommended ACS IDE to CF Adapter User s Manual IDE Connector The IDE connector supports PC compatible signals that allow the ACS IDE to CF Adapter Module to be connected to widely available PC compatible motherboards The IDE connector pin out follows Pin co alo e s o w e5 o 9 v o e 2 o wm 19 20 EI MEER PRECEPTO 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 z 29 DM TIED to CF pin 44 30 31 32 32 IOCS16 33 A Grounded in 80 conductor 39 AO 36 A APA s WITH IORD or IOWR 38 LIGHTS RED LED WHEN ACTIVE WITH IORD or IOWR 39 40 N A 5v Logic N A 5v Motor O N A 43 N A 44 Connections for proposed DMA operation ACS IDE to CF Adapter User s Manual CF Connector The CF Adapter Card connector provides CF compatible signals The CF connector pin out follows Notes LIGHTS RED LED WHEN ACTIVE GROUNDED GROUNDED GROUNDED GROUNDED GROUNDED 5VDC GROUNDED GROUNDED GROUNDED GROUNDED LIGHTS GREEN LED WHEN ASSERTED WITH CD1 LIGHTS GREEN LED WHEN ASSERTED WITH CD2 NO CONNECTION TIED TO 5V 5VDC ONLY MAY BE FORCED LOW VIA JB1 NO CONNECTION TIED to IDE DMARQ TIED to IDE DMACK Power Connector All ACS IDE to CFA Adapters only require 5vdc They are designed to use industry standard power cabling The ACS CF IDEtoCFA
11. named signal on the extended IDE connector and may or may not be required for correct operation with your Host PC Indicators All ACS IDE to CF Adapter Modules have two LED indicators to provide operating feedback to the user The Green LED is illuminated whenever the CF card is fully inserted and subsequently has power applied The Red LED briefly illuminates whenever the CF card is being accessed by the host PC Operation All ACS IDE to CF Adapter modules have circuitry to detect proper CF card insertion and apply power only when the card is fully installed This is indicated by the illumination of the Green LED However the circuitry in the Host PC is not designed for removable IDE device operation while power is applied To avoid damage to the Host PC and or CF Card it is strongly recommended that CF cards are only installed or removed when the power to the system is OFF The BIOS in most host PCs are able to recognize the CF cards using the Auto detection feature Some early BIOS do not support this capability and may require the manual entry of the Cylinders Heads and Sectors values as for a User defined hard drive These values are available from the CF card manufacturer or may be obtained via the BIOS IDE detection screen on another host PC Once correctly identified to the Host PC BIOS the CF cards behave exactly like a PC hard drive They may be FDISKed FORMATted and made bootable just like their larger rotating cou
12. nterparts REMEMBER The CF card has a limited number of write cycles Performing an OS Plug and Play setup or configuring a swap or page file on the CF card will rapidly exhaust its usable life ACS IDE to CF Adapter User s Manual Trouble Shooting The ACS IDE to CF Adapter module has circuitry to detect proper CF card insertion and apply power only when the card is fully installed This is indicated by illumination of the Green LED The Red LED indicates CF card access If the BIOS hangs on power up try the following Turn power off to the computer in which the CF adapter is being installed Install the CF adapter on the Primary IDE cable chain Make sure the Master jumper is installed on the CF adapter Insert your CF card into the CF adapter Power up the computer Set the CMOS to auto type the Primary Master IDE device Save the CMOS settings and reboot See if the BIOS correctly reads the Cylinder Heads Sectors from the CF card My COBY CON UE ERU DD ba ES If it can t read the Cylinders Heads Sectors make sure the following happened during power up a The Green LED turned on when power was applied to the computer b The Red LED turned on or flashed when the bios was trying to determine is size If step a doesn t happen check for power to the CF adapter via the disk drive connector on non SFF adapters If step a amp b happened but the BIOS still cannot determine the Cylinders Heads and Sectors
13. nual What is the mating power connector for ACS CF IDEToCFA FRA These are availble from Digikey www digikey com Catalog page http dkc3 digikey com PDF T052 0098 pdf Power Connector 0 100 4 Pos Housing WM2002 ND or WM2013 ND Contact WM2200 ND or WM1114CT ND Where can I find out about the CF card limited write cycles Compact Flash cards use Flash Memory Flash Memory has a limited number of Erase Write cycles 300 000 The controller in the Compact Flash card does wear leveling by spreading out the writes amongst various sectors in the card to prevent premature wearout of a sector 11 ACS IDE to CF Adapter User s Manual Here s a link to the originator of the CF card that discusses how they wear level the flash memory to optimize card life http www sandisk com pdf oem WPaper WearLevelv1 0 pdf Digital cameras write to Compact Flash cards to store their photos However if you were to place a pagefile or swapfile on the Compact Flash card the intense write activity would very quickly exhaust the life of the card Which Compact FLASH cards support DMA The current Sandisk parts xxx 388 support multi word DMA and have a utility available from Sandisk available under Software License Agreement to toggle the ATA Identify Removable Media bit Why am I getting spurious or non operation Due to standards compliance issues of both the motherboard specifically some of the VIA 533Mhz models and CF ca
14. rd controller manufacturers the use of 80 conductor IDE cables may result in spurious or non operation of the ACS CF IDEToCFA adapters If you experiance any problems ACS recommends that only standard 40 conductor IDE cables of a minimum length be used with this product Why can I only create a single partition on the CF card with your adaptor This is entirely determined by the controller on the CF card The controller returns a bit in the ATA Identify Device command that labels the media as being removeable or not Windows XP and Windows XPe embedded do not allow multiple partitions to be created on removeable media Contact your CF card vendor about obtaining CF cards that are marked as non removeable Sandisk has a utility available under Software License Agreement that allows the removeable media bit of their card controllers to be changed Please contact Sandisk Steve Larrivee or Dave Beasley Phone 408 542 0500 Why does Windows XP show some CF cards as Removeable and others as Hard Drives This is entirely determined by the controller on the CF card The controller returns a bit in the ATA Identify Device command that labels the media as being removeable or not Windows XP and Windows XPe embedded do not allow multiple partitions to be created on removeable media Contact your CF card vendor about obtaining CF cards that are marked as non removeable Sandisk has a utility available under Software License Agreement that allow
15. s the removeable media bit of their card controllers to be changed Please contact Sandisk Steve Larrivee or Dave Beasley Phone 408 542 0500 Will the FRA version fit into an IDE connector on a motherboard Yes Look at the picture and drawing of the Female Right Angle FRA version carefully and notice where the power connector is located This is the only constraint Make sure it will clear nearby components Care also needs to be taken when inserting the adapter into the IDE connector on the motherboard that pin 1 on the adaptor mates with pin 1 on the motherboard s IDE connector 12 ACS IDE to CF Adapter User s Manual Appendix ACS On The Cutting Edge of Technological Evolution 6233 E Sawgrass Rd e Sarasota FL 34240 941 377 5775 FAX 941 378 4226 cam 7 S i www acscontrol com NEXT Computer Sciences E n g n ee rI n g B u et n DATE 1 3 06 PRODUCT ACS IDE to CFA Adaptor Revision 2 Only TITLE Master Slave Operation Normally the ACS IDE to CFA Adaptor revision 42 must be the only device on an IDE Primary or Secondary chain By making a small modification two ACS IDE to CFA revision 2 Adaptors master and slave may be used on an IDE Primary or Secondary chain IDE connector Pin 28 on the ACS IDE to CFA revision 2 adaptor is the CSEL signal By removing or cutting this pin on both adaptors then jumpering one ACS IDE to CFA adaptor as Mast
16. t 3 90 ACS IDE to CF Adapter User s Manual ACS CF IDEtoCFA 40 PIN FEMALE Rt Angle 2 475 0 10 1 80 N Y 20 2 32 2 575 1 95 C SARASOTA EHER 17 PELEOT C h 0 150 A L 5 FLOPIDA REU D Devo EHNSEHT d aaa gt DENA ACS CF IDETOCFA DR REMOVE 1 70 4D PIN FEMALE Pt Angle CARD WITH Copyr 21997 2003 by ALS aa zn ALL RIGHTS RESERVED POWER APPLIED AE 5U GF o GND GND 8T2U PHR IU 4n 2 39 1 L DEC CLEARANCE 4 ml POLY CLEARANCE 10 mi 0 35 D ACS CF IDEtoCFA 44 PIN SFF IDE Male D 187 1 88 2 12 2 40 2 00 gt SARASOTA HER TETEJE E p A C FLORIDA REU 2 d RO Tse PIL ACS CF IDETOLFA UR REMOVE 1 75 44 PIN SFF IDE Male CARD WITH o Copyr Cool 2003 by ACS om ALL RIGHTS PRESERVED POWER APPLIED 0 150 DIA pe am E o 6 MTI j o ATA SL MS E a cs a E DRC CLEARANCE 4 ml POLY CLEARANCE 10 ml 0 0 125 2 625 2 75 ACS IDE to CF Adapter User s Manual CF Card Connector Mechanical 167 4 24 REF 4 0 25 6 35 Frequently Asked Questions Are the IDEToCFA adaptors UL listed The ACS CF IDEToCFA adaptors are themselves not UL Rated The printed circuit board material that is used is rated UL94V 0 The other components may or may not be UL listed Can the adaptor be used as a Slave IDE device The ACS CF IDE
17. te a single partition on the CF card with your adaptor 12 Why does Windows XP show some CF cards as Removeable and others as Hard Drives 12 Will the FRA version fit into an IDE connector on a motherboard esses 12 A E AE E E E E E EA E E 13 ACS IDE to CF Adapter User s Manual Introduction Thank you for purchasing the ACS IDE to CF Adapter Module This device provides low cost interfacing of Compact Flash Association CF Cards with IDE ATA equipped computers Features The ACS IDE to CF Adapter Module provides the following hardware resources e CF Standard Type 1 Type 2 Card 50 pin Connector e Four different models e Original IDE Standard 40 pin 0 1 Male Ribbon Connector non SFF e IDE Standard 40 pin 0 1 Male Ribbon Connector non SFF e IDE 40 pin 0 1 Female Connector non SFF Type 1 only e SFFIDE Standard 44 pin 0 079 Male Ribbon Connector SFF Drive Select Jumpers CF Card Power Control Card Powered Indicator Card Accessed Indicator DMA support with DMA capable CF cards Installation The ACS IDE to CF Adapter module may be mounted with screws through the appropriate mounting holes Note that the plated mounting hole marked MT1 is connected to the Ground on the module Please refer to the board outlines at the end of this manual for mounting dimensions The newer models are designed for ease of installation with redesigned form
18. u re getting the same CF controller every time It can change from production lot to lot Because of these unknowns with the compact flash cards we test each ACS IDE to CF Adapter twice once after the manufacturing process and again before it ships ACS IDE to CF Adapter User s Manual IDE to CF Module Layouts Original ACS IDE lt gt CFA Rev 2 0 625 2 35 0 450 2 550 1 2 00 XA C OBAPRASOTA o FLORIDA H 1 85 2 REU 2 d N m A gt E IDE SACER a COPYRIGHT 2002 bu ACS i ALL RIGHTS RESERVED g5 z Ul T Bo a m e ES T o A i JEI o Snee B y mutle eje Tos oo i D 170 DIA x4 gt la f 7 0 15 x2 015 Ga D D 0 15 x2 2 85 x2 gt 3 00 ACS CF IDEtoCFA 40 PIN IDE MALE 2 525 Ds 1 10 2 80 2 00 PONER DO NOTES ERT Fa cB 7 N OP PEMOUE i yl emm CARD HITH PONER APPLIED A C SARASOTA gt LORIDA pEU 4 oo ACS CF IDEToCFA 40 PIN IDE MALE Copyr 21997 2003 by RES 5 1 15 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED I DIA Deb HTI o z o o j 0 80 xD oc 4 lt eum of 9 o oo tesa o o o IDE NES TT 450 6ND GND 12U i MM o i ORC CLEARANCE 4 mil POLY CLEARANCE 10 mil O 0 125 x2 3 775 x2 g
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